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Recent Examples of intermittently
It’s achieved here only intermittently.
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Frank Rizzo, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Evan had been in foster care and intermittently homeless for most of his 21-year-old life.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Since its municipal establishment in 2018, Roku City has been a metropolis intermittently besieged by mythical creatures including a kraken, a big robot, and a Godzilla-like kaiju.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Reason to hope As a result of their rarity from the 1950s to 1980s, scientists – including myself – believed that any flamingos sighted intermittently around Florida were not wild birds but rather escapees from captive populations.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
The power went out intermittently, and families scrimped to get enough food.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
With green shoots that have pink bases, purple flowers appear in early spring and intermittently the rest of the season.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
Showers and thunderstorms will continue intermittently through the evening.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Sep. 2025
Gorman served as the Black Crowes' drummer intermittently from their founding in 1989 until 2015.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Frank Rizzo, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Evan had been in foster care and intermittently homeless for most of his 21-year-old life.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Since its municipal establishment in 2018, Roku City has been a metropolis intermittently besieged by mythical creatures including a kraken, a big robot, and a Godzilla-like kaiju.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Reason to hope As a result of their rarity from the 1950s to 1980s, scientists – including myself – believed that any flamingos sighted intermittently around Florida were not wild birds but rather escapees from captive populations.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
The power went out intermittently, and families scrimped to get enough food.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
With green shoots that have pink bases, purple flowers appear in early spring and intermittently the rest of the season.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
Showers and thunderstorms will continue intermittently through the evening.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Sep. 2025
Gorman served as the Black Crowes' drummer intermittently from their founding in 1989 until 2015.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermittently
Adverb
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Others in the area are checked periodically from satellites or aircraft.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Chelsea occasionally bypassed the press with Gusto, a right-back playing in midfield, and captain Reece James interchanging positions, but were not helped by sloppy moments.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Add bacon and cook until crisp, stirring occasionally, 5 to 6 minutes.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Rasoulof couldn’t be more blunt about the fact that success within Iran’s imposing bureaucracy means crushing other people, and sometimes walking over their corpses.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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For example, the engine would sometimes cool down instead of heat up when exposed to warmer temperatures.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Intermittently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermittently. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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